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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, C. M. AMsDEN, of Wooster, in the county of Wayne, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash-Fastenings; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art t-o make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying.drawings, formingpartof this specification.

The object of this invention is to hold the sash more firmly in place, and at tho Sametime to secure a free and easy movement for the sash and bolt or `sashfastener. In the accompanying drawings-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sash secured by my improved fastener.

, Figure 2 is n perspective view of a. sash Airith one end of the frame and the cover of my fastenerremoved,

and thc sash drawn out,A exhibiting the bolt'or fastener, and the lever by which it is retired.

Figure 3 is a bottom or inverted view of the cover.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the drawings.

A. is thesash-frame, (the end A being removed in having in the interior of one side ofthe framing the holes a a, of about iveeighths of an inch diameter, to receive the bolt b. B is the sash, bearing the bolt b, which fits into the holes or openings a a in the side ofl the fra-me A. At the base of the bolt b is a common spiral or-other suitable spring, and the bolt, with the'spring attachedLpasscs into the side ofthe sash B. A shaft, e. attached to the base of the bolt b, rises through the slotf into the bearing g, in the arm H, fitted to receive it. An ornamental cover,`C, made of porcelain, metal, or any suitable material, fits over the arm H,

'(the catch b, in the arm H fitting into the groove c in the cover 0,) which serves to preserve the bearing g, the

shaft e, the arrn H, and the spiral, from dirt'and rust, The bolt passing through theeover C and arm H secures both in place upon the sash B, and at the same time `forms the fulcrum to the lever of the second ordcriC or H.

By pressing the cover C at c, g. I, or the lever H at b, when the cover C is removed away from the side ofthe frame A, the bolt Zz is withdrawn from the hole a, and pressed down upon its spring. The slash is now free to move, and on the pressure being removed, the spring forces the bolt b against the side A, until the uiovement of the sash-brings the holtl opposite one of the holes a a, into which it shoots and holds the sash.,

What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The spring-bolt b in the side of the sash B, provided with the shaft e, Working in the slotfof the sash, and operated by meansot` the slotted lever C or. H, pivted to the sash B, constructed and arranged as described,

for the purpose specied. I

I C. M. AMSDEN.

Witnesses:

J. H. CARR, H. K. SMITH. 

